第一单元
Listen and Respond
Task One Focusing on the Main Ideas
1 Choose the best answer to complete each of the following
sentences according to the information contained in the listening
passage.
1 Before graduating from college, the speaker was asked to ________.
A) make a piece of cake for the class
B) write down people‘s response to her smile
C) observe how people smile at each other
D) act kindly to someone
2 While waiting for her turn to get her breakfast at the local McDonalds, the speaker ________.
A) was ready to serve the two poor homeless men who smelled
B) saw a terrible dirty man standing in the line
C) found that a short gentleman was waiting for his meal
D) noticed that a homeless man was smiling at her
3 The two poor homeless men went to the local McDonalds to ________.
A) warm themselves B) have their breakfast
C) wait for someone D) search for a friendly smile
4 At the sight of the two homeless men, the speaker ________.
A) turned away from them to join her family
B) ordered for them two cups of hot coffee
C) bought them two breakfast meals
D) asked them what they wanted to eat
5 After the speaker turned in her ―project,‖ the speaker‘s professor and her classmates ________.
A) had a heated discussion about smile
B) exchanged their unusual experiences
C) were deeply touched by her smile
D) were greatly moved by her story
Task Two Zooming In on the Details
Listen to the recording carefully and fill in each of the blanks according to what you have heard.
1 The speaker is a mother of three and has recently completed her college degree . The last project the professor assigned her to do was to go out and smile at three people and then write down their reaction .
2 Soon after she was assigned the project, she went with her family to the local McDonalds on a cold March morning . Just when they were standing in line,